Ebook: The vital roots of European enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's influence on modern Western thought

Introduction: Buried in the dust of history : a forgotten Arab mentor of modern European thinkers -- Serving God or Mammon? echoes from Hayy Ibn Yaqzan and Sinbad the sailor in Robinson Crusoe -- The man of reason : Hayy Ibn Yaqzan and his impact on modern European thought -- Beyond family, history, religion, and language : the construction of a cosmopolitan identity in a twelfth-century Arabic philosophical novel -- The book that launched a thousand books -- The extraordinary voyage -- A philosophical letter, an allegorical voyage, or an autobiography? Hayy Ibn Yaqzan as a model in modern European literature -- Conclusion : a humanist thesis subverted?